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Description: | Medieval copper alloy strap fitting with pendant loop, c.1350-1400 AD. The fitting has a trapizoid front with straight sides and a narrower base than top. The base continues into an integral circular loop which curves forward than back. At the back the strip that forms the loop continues up to form the back which is narrower than the front but also widens towards the top and is almost the same length. There is a hole through the front and back near the top, the one on the back holds the remains of a seperate copper alloy rivet. There is an indented line across the front at the junction with the loop but it is otherwide plain. The front is 15.5mm wide at the widest point, the loop 5.5mm wide and the back 10.0mm; it is 40.4mm long in total and 13.6mm thick. The front is 1.7mm thick and the loop and back, 2.5mm. It weighs 9.18 grams.A range of similar examples, mostly with smaller front plates, is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991; 221, 223) dating to c.1350-1400 and this example is likely to be of similar date. This would have been robust enough to hold a large item parallel to the belt, such as a purse.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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